How long is the wait for an MRI scan at John Radcliffe Hospital?
The NHS does not publish scan waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs John Radcliffe Hospital, and it is the current MRI queue that applies to you here — the list as it stands this month, not a prediction.
Updated June 2026 · (the NHS diagnostics waiting-list return)
Half of the people waiting for an MRI scan at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have waited longer than 3 weeks. 17% have been waiting more than six weeks, against an NHS standard that fewer than 1% should.
Faster hospitals within 100 miles of John Radcliffe Hospital
A shorter MRI queue, straight-line from this hospital's own location — so this list is specific to John Radcliffe Hospital.
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Milton Keynes1w · 27 mi · 2w faster
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon2w · 27 mi · 1w faster
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · Buckinghamshire2w · 27 mi · 1w faster
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane2w · 34 mi · 1w faster
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Hillingdon1w · 36 mi · 2w faster
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Watford2w · 36 mi · 1w faster
Other hospitals run by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Same trust, so the queue above applies at these too — your scan could be at any of them.
- Churchill Hospital1 mi
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre1 mi
- Horton General Hospital21 mi
- The Foscote Hospital21 mi
- The Cherwell Hospital21 mi
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